A 17-year-old has died in a Hong Kong hospital after being found unconscious in his bedroom, where police also discovered the narcotic “space oil”, the Post has learned.
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A police source said on Monday that the teenager’s mother had attempted to wake him at their home in Cheung Sha Wan at around 8.45am on Sunday.
He was rushed to Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po, where he was declared dead at 9.49am on Sunday.
A police spokesman said officers discovered multiple dangerous substances in the flat, including a vape device containing liquid etomidate, the main ingredient in the drug commonly known as “space oil”. Cannabis and ketamine were also seized.
The source said the “space oil” was inside the bedroom where the teenager was found. There were no suspicious injuries on his body, but he had multiple self-inflicted wounds on his shoulders and forearms.
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The teenager did not leave the flat on Saturday. At around 5am the following morning, his father saw him using the bathroom and said he appeared normal.
The father also reminded him to take his prescribed psychiatric medication, which he did before returning to his room.